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Job Interviews For Dummies®, 4th Edition
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Job Interviews For Dummies®, 4th Edition

by Joyce Lain Kennedy
December 2011
Beginner content levelBeginner
339 pages
7h 40m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 22

How Should You Answer a Questionable Question?

In This Chapter

arrow Recognizing unwise questions

arrow Defining discriminatory questions

arrow Tilting toward amiable answers

Is that a Spanish name?

What year did you graduate from high school?

Are you a Christian?

All these questions are foolish ones in a job interview. Every human resources specialist in America knows this. But unsophisticated interviewers who don’t deal with employment issues on a regular basis often cross the line and ask personal, intrusive, discriminatory questions.

Noting Questionable Questions

Employers shouldn’t quiz you about any of the following topics:

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